digitally coloured

Some of you who follow me on instagram know that i did a drawing challenge in june. Altough it was “just” an everyday doodling challenge i made little pencil illustrations in black and white. I decided to take the daily topics/words and combine it with my Maus character. All in all I really enjoyed the challenge even though i had some bad days when i couldn’t draw or wasn’t motivated enough. Altogether i managed to make 20 Illustrations in that month. For the moment i just scanned them and put the drawings just somewhere in the drawer i put all of my personal illustrations after i scanned them. Yet a few weeks later i thought it was a pity if the drawings were just forgotten somewhere so i thought i give it a try and work on them again. To not destroy the illustrations because i know i am not that good with colours and colouring i decided that i would colour them digitally. For that i used ArtRage that came with my tiny Wacom Bamboo One tablet. It’s quite nice for blending colours because with some settings and adjustments it behaves just like real paint on canvas and you can mix the colours really nice and smoothly. To use ArtRage for me is so much more easy as trying so hard in Photoshop where i have no clue what to do when it comes to painting and all the different functions and brushes. So i had the layer of the drawing and i just multiplied the other layers of paint together. For the colours i try to not use much darker shades than the pencil drawing to not mess with the contrasts. So far i only coloured my five favourites but in the end i will colour them all when i find enough time. I put the drawings together in a set of prints that are each 14,9×14,9m that you can now find in my Etsy Shop.

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My name is Anja and I'm blogging about the random stuff i do like drawing and felting. You can find a lot of my art on this Blog. I'm currently working as freelance Illustrator and Artist and I'm open for your private or business commissions. If you are interested in my work please feel free to contact me.
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I draw, illustrate, create and design for a living and i am always looking for new clients
If you are a band who needs a new album cover artwork or a new t-shirt design, a blog that needs some personal illustrations, a magazine that is looking for some new illustrators, an author that needs some artworks for your own stories and books, an art director who is looking for illustrations for new campaigns or an indie brand that needs a new unique handmade logo let me know if you like my style and illustrations and we can work together. Let's have fun!